myEtymology.com: English etymology of multifoil

Etymology of the English word multifoil

the English word multifoil

using the English prefix multi-

derived from the Latin word multus (many; much, many, great)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-

derived from the English word foil

derived from the Old French word foille

derived from the Latin word folia

derived from the Late Latin word folium (leaf)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel-